On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:37:59 +0200 Jussi Pakkanen <jpakk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:35 PM, bjoern michaelsen - Sun Microsystems > - Hamburg Germany <bjoern.michael...@sun.com> wrote: > > One dependency less (because you will need an additional "native" > > build system like GNU make or MS Build anyway). > > Well yes, but you add a build-dependency to Python (if there isn't one > already, I don't know). In a way there is, because of Mercurial. But I am also uncomfortable to depend on Python for the build. > Even if you ignore that, there is a dependency to either an external > build tool or to a custom build script thing. Choosing which way to go > should be naturally done by the people who have to use/maintain them. See my reply to Thorsten. I think the translation from a simple syntax to the makefile syntax is possible with quite a few tools we will already have as a dep, for example: - bash or even POSIX sh - the C preprocessor - GNU make itself > No, CMake is a replacement for Autoconf + Automake. Neither "builds > anything by themselves" but rather produce output for a lower level > tool (e.g. Make). A modern Make does not have to be low level at all. > Using CMake only for configuration is doing things very wrong. I guess > you could do it if you really, really wanted to but it is going to be > hard and counterproductive. "One job, one tool" has been proven time and again to be a Good Thing(tm). But that is a philosophical -- or even sophistic -- discussion we should postpone until all editor flamewars have been resolved. ;) Best Regards, Bjoern -- =========================================================================== Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Wolf Frenkel Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering =========================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tools.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tools.openoffice.org
